I got an email this morning that seems a little phishy...
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It's time to cast your vote in the March 2026 Turning Challenge. (click here for details) -
Congratulations to Chris Lawrence for "Dragon's Grip" being selected as Turning of the Week for March 30, 2026 (click here for details) -
Welcome new registering member. Your username must be your real First and Last name (for example: John Doe). "Screen names" and "handles" are not allowed and your registration will be deleted if you don't use your real name. Also, do not use all caps nor all lower case.
Who is Quinn Miller?
- Thread starter Darryl Fective
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I would agree, for starters, it didn't come from an AAW email address
Second clue AAW 2026 is in Raleigh, NC, not Minnesota.
I can't find that name. Don't click on any links!
The email doesn't mention the word "Symposium". The 2026 AAW Symposium is in Raleigh, NC. Could it be a non-symposium event?
Perhaps contact AAW directly and ask them. If someone is sending out nonsense in their name they might be interested. The executive director is listed as:
Gretchen Wilbrandt gretchen@woodturner.org
I see no Quinn Miller on the AAW website under business staff.
JKJ
Dave Landers
Beta Tester
These are scams. They are selling a directory that, if you even get anything, will be either fabricated or old/stolen/useless data. They target many groups and/or events and/or companies.
First, as has been pointed out, it's not from the AAW and the info they are offering is for some bogus non-existent event.
And second - If you're an AAW member, you already have access online to the membership list (those who want to be listed) - https://www.woodturner.org/Woodturner/Woodturner/AAWConnects/Find-a-Member.aspx
First, as has been pointed out, it's not from the AAW and the info they are offering is for some bogus non-existent event.
And second - If you're an AAW member, you already have access online to the membership list (those who want to be listed) - https://www.woodturner.org/Woodturner/Woodturner/AAWConnects/Find-a-Member.aspx
Donna Banfield
TOTW Team
This is definitely a scam. I get these several times a year - same body of text in the email - but always a different username and email address. A similar one circulated last year a few weeks before the AAW Symposium in St. Paul. Some of these scammers aren't bright enough to update the location.
Delete delete delete!
I should just delete those, but I'll admit I sometimes reply with a bit of vitriol. Usually just two words, and the first one isn't "love".
100% a scam. I have received two of those emails this week alone.
What about the $15,000,000 they are holding for me overseas—I just need to give a credit card to pay for shipping.
Lucky you. How do you GET such great offers? When you get the money don't forget about your friends.
Come on, that guy just wants to send out an offer for catchless skews and self sharpening gouges. For a bonus, you’ll get a left handed screwdriver.
Speaking of "catchless skews", believe it or not I "invented" one years ago just for fun.
Granted, it's worthless for planing cuts but it works for v-grooves and beads. These cuts use only the point, long or short. They catch when the turner fails to maintain the proper tiny clearance and some part of the edge away from the point contacts the wood.
The solution was simple - make only the points sharp and round off everything else!
I don't use it but it was a good experiment. I labeled it so I don't pick it up by accident and get frustrated.
JKJ